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Controlling Listed Alien and Invasive Species

– Roger Poole, TIPWG Chairman –  E V E R Y L A N D O W N E R ‘ S R E S ...
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Forestry: the surprise weapon in the fight against climate change

It’s fair to say that most people, when thinking about the resources we have to fight climate change, don’t immediately think of forestry. But there ...
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GOOD NEWS – Paper grocery and take-away food bags can be collected for recycling

Under a new campaign name, “Recycling in the Bag”, Fibre Circle, the producer responsibility organisation for the paper sector, teamed up with food service and ...
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Extension of the compulsory registration date for environmental assessment practitioners and comment period for amendments to the section 24h registration authority regulations published

The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment , Ms Barbara Creecy, has extended the public consultation period for comment on the proposed amendment to the ...
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Pesticides and Forestry: A hairy, scary rollercoaster of a ride

The last two years have seen two major changes in the way pesticides are used in forestry. One has arrived with much fanfare, protest and ...
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Creating solar cells and glass from wood – or a billion tons of biowaste

A digital, urbanised world consumes huge amounts of raw materials that could hardly be called environmentally friendly. One promising solution may be found in renewable ...
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Volvo CE tests world’s first high-lift tele-operation over 5G

The unique research project Remote Timber is a collaboration between Volvo CE and the telecom operator Telia, timber and paper manufacturer SCA, Mid University Sweden, Skogforsk and Biometria. This week’s tests at ...
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There are elephants in the forest

There are elephants in the forest

Quietly winding its way through the woodlands in eastern Zambia, the Luangwa river passes through the Mbizi Farm, where it is welcomed and celebrated as ...
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Sustainable forestry by small-scale local farmers

Small-scale wattle growers in the Matimatolo area near Greytown in the KZN Midlands have developed their own unique ways of growing and harvesting their trees ...
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Climate case for wood | New manifesto calls for greater use of wood to help nations decarbonise

An international Wood Manifesto setting the future roadmap for timber and wood use in construction and other products was launched in the UK last week ahead of ...
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Pines for Pitch canker screening

Species Diversity and Distribution Characteristics of Calonectria in Five Soil Layers in a Eucalyptus Plantation

by LingLing Liu 1,2,WenXia Wu 1 andShuaiFei Chen 1,* Abstract The genus Calonectria includes pathogens of various agricultural, horticultural, and forestry crops. Species of Calonectria are commonly collected from soils, fruits, leaves, stems, and ...
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Why the South African Forestry Sector needs a pesticide working group

Why the South African Forestry Sector needs a pesticide working group

Jacqui Meyer – TIPWG Secretariat Forestry South Africa’s (FSA) Timber Industry Pesticide Working Group (TIPWG) was initiated in 1998, in response to the first Forest ...
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Pines for Pitch canker screening

Ophiostomatoid species associated with pine trees (Pinus spp.) infested by Cryphalus piceae from eastern China, including five new species

Runlei Chang, Xiuyu Zhang, Hongli Si, Guoyan Zhao, Xiaowen Yuan, Tengteng Liu, Tanay Bose, Meixue Dai Abstract Cryphalus piceae attacks various economically important conifers. Similar to other bark beetles, Cr. piceae plays a role as a vector for an assortment of fungi and nematodes. Previously, ...
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Study shows forest practices protect core salmon temperatures in forested streams

A recently released decade-long study looking at several aspects of water quality, including temperature and sediment, show that current forest practices rules as outlined in ...
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Forests and Biodiversity

FSC® Friday 2021: 24 September “Save our Forests. Save our Climate”

Topia, Durango, Mexico: where FSC fostered a partnership with a corporate to protect the watersheds contained in these forests which surround the town of Topia ...
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Regenerative supply chains to help repair the planet

By Hermann Haupt Vice President, Sub-Saharan Africa While sustainability is a noble and worthwhile business strategy, after decades of exploitation, and accelerating climate change, our ...
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Forests on caffeine: coffee waste can boost forest recovery

A new study finds that coffee pulp, a waste product of coffee production, can be used to speed up tropical forest recovery on post agricultural ...
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Pines for Pitch canker screening

Rapid Detection of Pine Pathogens Lecanosticta acicola, Dothistroma pini and D. septosporum on Needles by Probe-Based LAMP Assays

Chiara Aglietti, Colton D. Meinecke, Luisa Ghelardini, Irene Barnes, Ariska van der Nest and Caterina Villari Abstract Needle blights are serious needle fungal diseases affecting pines ...
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The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Created the Amazon Rain Forest

Dinosaur and fossil aficionados are intimately familiar with the meteorite strike that drove Tyrannosaurus rex and all nonavian dinosaurs to extinction around 66 million years ago. But ...
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Leaders make bold climate pledges, but is it ‘all just smoke and mirrors?’: Critics

Forty nations – producers of 80% of annual carbon emissions – made pledges of heightened climate ambition this week at U.S. President Joe Biden’s Leaders ...
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Sappi Forests acknowledges International Day of Rural Women

World Environment Day 2021: Celebrating Sappi’s role in restoring ecosystems

#GenerationRestoration. That’s the theme for this year’s World Environment Day which also marks the launch of the United Nations Decade for Ecosystem Restoration.  It’s a ...
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Global forest loss increased in 2020

The planet lost an area of tree cover larger than the United Kingdom in 2020, including more than 4.2 million hectares of primary tropical forests, ...
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8 reasons we need to protect our forests

Some 1.6 billion people rely on forests for their livelihoods. Forests are also home to over 80% of terrestrial species. They can play a vital ...
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Forest for Thieves: Why Illegal Harvesting of South Sudanese Teak Leaves Nothing for the People

In front of the entrance of the Rivièra Maison furniture store in Utrecht stand two low garden tables made of teak. On sale, says the ...
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